Three Kingdoms Dance of Heroes 029: Liu Bei Advances into Xinye!

  When Zhu Ling led his troops to arrive, Liu Bei's army had already gone!

  The ground was littered with a large area of corpses, a gruesome scene! Zhu Lingding took one look and saw that they were the bodies of his own 500 Cao troops! He was furious, unable to contain his anger, and shouted repeatedly, killing some civilians to vent his rage.

  The guards behind him were all silent as cicadas in winter, their eyes staring at Zhu Ling who was gradually going crazy!

  It seems like half an hour has passed!

  Behind them came a team of Cao's army! The leader was Li Tong himself.

  Li Tong's face was gloomy, as if suppressing a surge of anger. Li Tong had originally led the vanguard with the captured civilians to retreat back to Ru'nan, but he couldn't shake off his concern for Zhu Ling. He handed over the command of the main army to his deputy general to defend Ru'nan and led a hundred or so personal soldiers in a frantic rush towards Zhu Ling's location.

  Li Tong hastened his army to the place where Zhu Ling was ambushing, but what made Li Tong greatly surprised was that there were no signs of war at the crossroads! Not even a large stone or a feathered arrow had been seen, let alone corpses... This cast a shadow over Li Tong's heart.

  Li Tong's head suddenly felt heavy, and without saying another word, he immediately led his troops to pursue forward. Li Tong didn't know why Zhu Ling hadn't followed the plan, but he knew that Zhu Ling was a straightforward person who sometimes acted impulsively, yet as a seasoned general, it was impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake.

  Is it because of other reasons? Causing Zhu Ling to have no choice but to change his plan and redeploy?

  "Could it be Guan Yu and Zhao Yun leading their troops here? Zhu Ling had no choice but to retreat for the sake of the entire army?"

  As he chased after the retreating troops, the dark clouds in Li Tong's mind grew thicker. He pursued them for two miles but didn't see a single Cao soldier, which made him feel somewhat uneasy.

  Li Tong thought to himself: "Zhu Ling, why are you doing this?" After half a moment, Li Tong finally discovered the traces of a hasty march!

  Li Tong didn't know whether it was Cao's army led by Zhu Ling or Liu Bei's reinforcements, Li Tong suppressed the anxiety in his heart and carefully observed for a while before leading his troops to rush out impatiently, wanting to scold Zhu Ling face to face.

  All the way, Li Tong discovered the traces of a large army fighting, but it didn't dispel the unease in his heart, on the contrary, it became even more intense. After a moment, Li Tong saw the tragic scene of corpses all over the field, and his heart sank. Suppressing his anger, he walked forward, only to find that the dead were all Cao's soldiers, all Cao's soldiers...

  Li Tong observed very carefully, and seeing that there was not a single enemy corpse on the field, Li Tong sighed slightly in his heart. Zhu Ling must have underestimated the enemy... He couldn't help but let out a sigh of sorrow!

  "I've said it before, don't be careless, and whatever you do, don't capsize in a ditch..."

  Li Tong's face turned gloomy, and he slowly walked to Zhu Ling's back. He looked at Zhu Ling's seemingly crazy appearance, then at the fearful eyes of Zhu Ling's personal soldiers. The anger in Li Tong's heart suddenly erupted, and he stepped forward, grabbing Zhu Ling's collar and slapping him fiercely!

  "Bang!"

  A loud noise in the already somewhat noisy sky suddenly became quiet, and the sound was a bit piercing to the ear!

  Zhu Ling was still in a daze, suddenly let out a loud roar: "Who, who the hell hit me? Get out here for me!" The angry shout had little effect, and no one replied to Zhu Ling for a long time. Zhu Ling was already in a state of confusion, hearing no response, his anger grew even more intense.

  Zhu Ling's eyes were wide open, his big knife gleaming with cold light, and his cannibalistic gaze swept through the crowd.

  Suddenly, a low voice rang out, and Zhu Ling's body shook violently. Immediately after, there was a loud "clang" sound, and everyone looked in the direction of the noise to see that Zhu Ling's large knife had fallen to the ground. At the same time, Zhu Ling also suddenly dropped to his knees and began wailing loudly.

  "General Zhu! What a big show of force, indeed overbearing..." Li Tong's eyes were cold and stern as he looked at Zhu Ling, his voice chilly: "My general, looking at you like this, are you thinking of killing me?"

  "You have the guts to kill your own general, but you don't have the guts to kill the enemy?"

  Li Tong's eyes were as sharp as a knife edge, staring at Zhu Ling who was kneeling on the ground. His eyes were cold and stern, and he sneered: "My General Zhu, why don't you show off your might in front of the enemy instead?"

  Li Tong glared at Zhu Ling kneeling on the ground without saying a word, his heart filled with great anger, and suddenly shouted: "Zhu Ling, I'm going to ask you, where is Liu Bei?"

  Zhu Ling's body trembled upon hearing the words, but she remained silent for a long time. Li Tong closed his eyes, although he had already guessed the outcome, he still held onto a glimmer of hope, no matter how small.

  Li Tong said calmly, "General Zhu, I've also heard that Liu Bei used the civilians to escape. You didn't expect it at the time, and I don't blame you for that. But how did these hundreds of elite soldiers end up dying here?"

  "Didn't you hear anything when they were fighting?"

  Zhu Ling's face twitched, and after a brief pause, he croaked: "Indeed, it was a mistake on my part. I had only intended to dispatch Wang Xiu to block the common people, who would have thought..."

  As he spoke, Zhu Ling became excited, as if thinking of something, and his eyes quickly dimmed! Li Tong saw Zhu Ling's dejected appearance and couldn't help but coldly sneer: "What happened to the Zhu Wenbo I knew? The Zhu Wenbo who charged forward fearlessly in battle has fallen to this state? It's truly disappointing for me..."

  "Zhu Ling, you are like this, how can you live up to Xiahou General's expectations for you, and live up to the Lord's hopes for you?"

  Zhu Ling's heart was shaken after listening, and it took a long time for him to stand up. He smiled with his mouth open, looking radiant, but Li Tong saw a thread of ferocity and hatred deep in Zhu Ling's eyes.

  Li Tong's heart skipped a beat, he drew his own sword and thrust it into the ground with a 'ting' sound. He glared at him coldly and shouted: "Zhu Wenbo, if you have the guts, pick up this sword and kill Liu Bei on the battlefield from now on!"

  "Don't act like a weakling here! I won't be able to hold my head up, General Xiahou won't be able to hold his head up, our Cao army won't be able to hold its head up, and our lord will be even more humiliated!"

  Zhu Ling's face turned red with rage, and he suddenly drew his sword, pointing it at the sky. "I, Zhu Wenbo, make a vow here," he shouted. "I will devote my entire life to eliminating Liu Bei's treacherous son! If I fail to fulfill this vow, my descendants will not die a good death!"

  After finishing speaking, the long sword fell like lightning, and blood suddenly appeared.

  All of this happened too suddenly, and it was too late for Cao's army to stop it. Zhu Ling cut off his left little finger, and the fresh blood stained a piece of cloth red. However, Zhu Ling didn't make a sound, staring straight ahead with a pale face, and big drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks.

  Li Tong sighed secretly and thought: "Wen Bo, why must you?"

  Li Tong quietly went up and supported Zhu Ling, saying softly: "Wenbo, hurry back to Junan and have the doctor take a look at your injury! You... Ah!"

  Zhu Ling's face was pale, but he was extremely calm and collected. He glanced at the severed little finger, then looked at the palm that was still bleeding nonstop, and smiled slightly, looking so bleak and guilty: "This injury doesn't need to be treated by a doctor?" His tone paused for a moment, and with one swing of his sword, a strip of cloth flew off his body. Zhu Ling picked it up and in just a short while, he had already bandaged the wound!

  Li Tong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but saw Zhu Ling say: "Wen Da, thank you, otherwise my life would have been ruined."

  Li Tong was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "You know this, but do you know if it's good or bad for you?" Zhu Ling listened to Li Tong's words, smiled carelessly, and looked around again. In the depths of her eyes, there was deep pain and guilt, leaving only a sigh as she walked away.

  "A sentence of blood and energy floated down: 'Five hundred brothers, if you are in heaven with a spirit, please see Wenbo avenging for you, I Zhu Ling will make Liu Bei pay back in blood!'"

  Li Tong and Cao Jun's soldiers all trembled slightly after hearing this, Li Tong's eyes were even more complex, Li Tong understood that at this moment Zhu Ling had undergone a thorough change...

  Alas... After a long time, Li Tong sighed. Immediately after the order was given, the Cao army hastily buried these and then set off to rush back to Runan!

  After five days, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Liu Xuan and Zhang Fei finally saw the outline of Xin Ye City after going through wind and dust. The four men all let out a sigh of relief.

  "We've finally arrived at Xinye..." Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he muttered to himself.

  "Brother, how we've managed to survive this calamity! From now on, we'll surely achieve great things!" Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and said proudly: "From now on, the three of us brothers will look for opportunities to rise again..."

  Zhang Fei, who was standing beside him, also shouted: "Second brother is right! Big brother, let's reorganize our troops and fight again. As long as the three of us brothers are here, what heroes in the world would dare to be afraid?"

  Liu Bei was deeply moved by the words, and a surge of heroic spirit rose in his chest. He also said with great enthusiasm: "Second brother, third brother's words are very true. We three brothers unite as one, our benefits will be cut off like gold."

  Guan Yu's phoenix eyes swept over with a hint of worry... his tone slightly tinged with concern, said: "Third brother, has your injury healed?"

  Liu Bei also looked at Zhang Fei with a tense gaze... Zhang Fei saw him and patted his chest, laughing loudly: "Haha, two brothers are worrying too much, who is old Zhang? Could I be defeated by just a small stone?"

  Liu Bei heard this and slightly put down his heart, Guan Yu also seemed to have quietly let out a breath, only Liu Xuan who was beside Zhang Fei observed carefully and found that Zhang Fei had an unusual expression, he quickly rode up, without making any noise, and supported Zhang Fei, looking as if they were warmly embracing each other.

  Zhang Fei was slightly surprised and stared at Liu Xuan, who smiled lightly and said, "Hehe, Third Uncle, you're not fully recovered from your injuries yet, but you're still showing off. You'll suffer for it."

  "Hey, I'm telling you, nephew, you can't let this get out. Otherwise, my brothers will kill me!" Zhang Fei said in a low and urgent tone.

  "Alright, Xuan knows what's important. Besides, I'd rather find my own fun than bother with this nonsense." Liu Xuan said with a roll of his eyes.

  Zhang Fei let out a sigh of relief after hearing Liu Xuan's words and leaned back against him, nearly causing Liu Xuan to fall off the horse. With great effort, he managed to steady himself and glared at Zhang Fei with annoyance before gazing into the distance towards Xin Ye.

  Muttering to himself in his mouth: "Xinye will be my father, it will be me, it will be a real starting point for our army."

  Just then, a loud voice came from the front: "Yun pays respects to his master..."